Pokemon beats GTA to number one in Japan

Pokemon X and Y comfortably beat Grand Theft Auto 5 to the number one spot in Japan last week, selling more than 1.8 million units in the process.

Japan will be one of the few major markets where Rockstar's record-breaking hit won't trounce the competition, and it sold fewer than 400,000 units in its first week on sale across all platforms - the lion's share on PlayStation 3.

The somewhat inevitable success of Pokemon X and Y also boosted sales of the 3DS, with both models roughly doubling the previous week's total - the original model sold 72,000 units, while the dominant 3DS XL sold 141,000.

However, the real success story on the hardware chart was the PlayStation Vita, which received a proportionally astounding boost thanks to the release of a new model. Sony's resurgent handheld more than 60,000 units, an impressive 1600 per cent increase over the prior week's 3,500 units.

@Nicholas--They may have only done that for the first week. But it doesn't appear to matter much as even combined the Vita was soundly beaten by both versions of the 3DS. Had they not seperated both 3DS skus the beating Nintendo gave Sony would have seemed even worse.